Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [verb] [adv prt] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nobody took much notice of them or expected them to start up any form of conversation , so Charles was surprised when Eric addressed him by name . |
| 2 | What made me go out that night when , normally , I would have stayed in and watched television ? |
| 3 | I went to see them as well and they told me to fill in another form . |
| 4 | The day after she came I put up another roll of chicken wire . ’ |
| 5 | When Jim , of Ravenscliffe , West Yorks , went to the police station , officers told him to come back another day . |
| 6 | He told us to fill in this form , saying we had not gone through the right channels . ’ |
| 7 | It was at this point I decided to modify the router fence with two aluminium blocks which allowed me to work off that face but beneath the area I wanted to machine away . |
| 8 | I saw her tipped down that cliff . " |
| 9 | Was going to tell her this morning , but when I came downstairs and saw her packing up that cake — when I remembered he was going to be there , that I 'd have to see his smug damned face , hear that ghastly loud laugh of his … |
| 10 | But he did not engage the jackdaws and Hazel saw him pick up another carrot and start back with it . |
| 11 | I thought it come out that window . |
| 12 | ‘ Did you go out this evening to meet your lady friend ? |
| 13 | How did you build up this vocabulary and how do you maintain it ? |
| 14 | Did you set up this help line yourself ? |
| 15 | ‘ Did you check out that telephone number ? ’ he asks me . |
| 16 | Did you phone up that garage ? |
| 17 | Where did you pick up that piece of salacious gossip ? ’ |
| 18 | Where did you pick up this bug ? ’ |
| 19 | What time did you come down this morning then Bet ? |
| 20 | What time did you get up this morning ? |
| 21 | Did you get back that letter ? |
| 22 | She had not appeared to be surprised when he told her what he intended to do , nor had she put up any resistance . |
| 23 | Your new commitments will be relevant in working out how much you can afford to pay out , but the law will favour the children of your first family — after all , no one forced you to take on another relationship , and it would be unfair to the children of your first marriage if they suffered because you chose to do so . |